Sciurinae

Sciurinae; Temporal range: Late Eocene - recent
	Syntheosciurus brochus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Sciurinae; Hemprich, 1820
Genera
	Tribe Sciurini Microsciurus; Rheithrosciurus; Sciurus; Syntheosciurus; Tamiasciurus; ; Tribe Pteromyini Aeretes; Aeromys; Belomys; Biswamoyopterus; Eoglaucomys; Eupetaurus; Glaucomys; Hylopetes; Iomys; Petaurillus; Petaurista; Petinomys; Pteromys; Pteromyscus; Trogopterus; ;

Sciurinae (/sɪˈjuːrɪneɪ/) is a subfamily of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily (Pteromyinae) and unite all remaining sciurids into the subfamily Sciurinae, but this has been strongly refuted by genetic studies.

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